Drinking-cup.



F. H. NOYES.

DRINKING 0UP. APPLIO ATION FILED DEO.9, 1910.

1,003,007, Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

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FLORENCE H. NOYES, 015 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DRINKING-CUP.

LOOSMWZ.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 12, 1911- Applicationfiled December 9, 1910. Serial No. 596,398.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLORENCE H. NOYES, residing at Boston, in the countyof Suifolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inDrinking-Cups, of which the following is a specification.

' I This invention relates to drinking-cups.

At the present time drinking-cups are made of paper, designed to be usedonce and then destroyed. They comprise a body having secured to it abottom closure, and much difficulty has been experienced in constructingthem cheaply, yet perfectly. In some instances they are sold to theusers, by means of coin-controlled devices in which they are placed, andin other instances, particularly at soda-fountain-counters, they arefurnished free. This free distribution of cups is a matter of muchconcern to the proprietors of such places.

This invent-ion has for its object to construct a drinking-cupespecially adapted for use at soda-fountain counters, and places wherefree distribution of cups is required, which may be cheaply made, yetembodies all the sanitary qualifications of the ordinary paper cup.

The invention consists in a two-part cup consisting of a cup-shapedbottom-piece, which may be made of metal, glass, porcelain or othermaterial, and which forms a permanent lower part or section of the cup,and a bottomless cup-body, which may be made of paper, suitablywaterproofed, and which forms a destructible upper or lipcontacting partor section of the cup, and said parts are adapted to be placed one within the other, with their sidewalls in contact to form a tight joint. Forinstance, in one embodiment of my invention thecup-shaped bottom-piecemay be conical and the bottomless cup-body also conical, both being ofthe same taper, so that a friction fit is obtained,

. and when one part is placed within the other and a slight pressureapplied, a tight joint is produced by their contacting side walls, Afterthe cup has been used the bottomless cup-body will be removed anddestroyed.

In such case only the bottomless cup-bodies are destroyed, and thesealone may be very cheaply manufactured. v

In the preferred embodiment of my in, vention the bottomless cup-body isadapted to be placed within the cup-shaped bottompiece, and in such casesaid bottom-piece may have attached to it a handle by which tom-piecemay have upwardly extended fin-' gers arranged to engage the cup-body toassist in supporting it.

Figure -1 is aside elevation of a drinkingcup embodying this invention.Fig. 2 is-a vertical section of the destructible bottomless cup-bodyremoved from the bottompiece. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the cup-bodyshown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the cup-shapedbottom-piece shown in Fig. 1. Flgs; 5, 6 and 7 are side views ofmodified forms of cup-shaped bottom-pieces to be referred to. Figs. 8and 9 are side views of modified forms of cups to be referred to.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 4,05 represents a cu -shaped bottom-piecehaving a bottom wa l and a side wall. At the top of the side wallupwardly extended fingers a are or .may be arranged, as many beingemployed as desirable, said fingers being formed integral with orattached to the side wall. To

"the outside of the side wall a suitable handle a? is attached. Saidcup-shaped bottompiece is made of metal, glass, porcelain or othersuitable material, and in the preferred embodiment of my invention ismade conical.

In Fig. 5 a similarly constructed bottompiece is shown, the handle abeing omitted; and in Fig. 6 a similarly constructed bottom-piece isshown, the fingers a and also the handle, a being omitted; and in Fig. 7a similarly constructed bottom-piece is shown, the fingers only beingomitted; and all of these modifications come within the scope of myinvention.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3, 6 represents a bottomless cup-body. It ismade of paper or equivalent cheap material. It consists es sentially ofa flat piece of paper bent into tubular form and its edges overlappedand glued or otherwise adhesively secured together. It is preferably.made conical, as shown, [and in such case the taper is designed tocorrespond to the taper of the conical bottom-piece. Said bottomlesscupbody, if made of paper, is coated with paraflin whereby it is madewaterproof, and, as here shown, the parafiin coating is exteriorlyapplied as at b.

It is designed and intended that the bottomless cup-body and the,cup-shaped bottom-piece shall be arranged one wlthin the other, and inFigs. 1 to the bottomless cup-body is placed within the cup-shapedbottom-piece, and a tight joint is produced by the cont-acting sidewalls of said body and bottom-piece. To assist in forming a tight jointthe overlapping edges of the paper which are glued or otherwiseadhesively secured together to form the cup-body are depressed, as shownin Fig. 3, so that the projecting portion, if any, will be arranged onthe inside.

When preparing the cup for use the bottomless pup-body is placed in thecupshaped bottom-piece as shown in Fig. l, and forced into saidbottom-piece if necessary,

by a slight pressure, so that a tight joint at the sides. is produced bythe cont-acting side walls, and after the cup has been used thebottomless cup-body is removed and destroyed. Referring to Figs. 8 and 9the bottom-piece is arranged in said bottomless cup-body and a tightjoint secured by the contacting side walls. In Fig. 8, like Fig. 1, theupwardly extended fingers a serve to support the'side wall of thebottomless cupbody and prevent the same from being collapsed orunnecessarily distorted in case the user lifts the cup by grasping ittightly with the fingers of the hand, although. in the arrangement shownin Fig. 5, said supporting fingers are more important, as they may bepurposely engaged by the user to lift the cup.

I claim The combined two-part cup herein dewith the lower sect-ion andconsisting of a I conical bottomless cup-body, both sections being madeof the same taper, whereby one may be placed within the other and atight joint produced by the frictional engagement of their side walls.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FLORENCE H. NOYES.

Witnesses:

CYNTHIA Dom, H. B. DAVIS.

